My birfday's coming up Sunday, so my mother-in-law got me an Ibanez Tube Screamer for my guitar. I've just played with it for a few minutes, but it seems to work. I might be forced to try it with my bass rig. There might be a Boss Blues Driver BD-2 in the mix, too.

What's interesting is, when I was getting back into it in 1994, I looked real hard at Soundgears because I thought they looked cool. I still buy my basses based entirely on looks, but I buy brands that get uniformly good reviews.